The Social Justice Secretary, Shirley-Anne Somerville, is expected to announce plans to bring in a new devolved benefit to ...

SUPPORT for pensioners who have lost their Winter Fuel Payment is expected to be announced by the Scottish Government today, to mitigate ...

A UNIVERSAL Winter Fuel Payment will be REINSTATED for a million pensioners amid a growing fury and backlash over the cut ...

Universal Winter Fuel Payments were cut for most pensioners across the UK but those in one country look set to see them ...

Farmers and crofters are to stage a rally outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to voice concerns about the future of ...

UK Supreme Court tackles the definition of 'woman' in equality laws, focusing on transgender inclusion and rights impact.

The general secretary of Scotland’s largest trade union body has told The Herald they are involved in ‘challenging but constructive’ ...

"Recent history is going to repeat itself, with devastating consequences. Every prisoner released early represents a threat to the safety ...

Allan Ramsay feels priced out of a city where he has lived his whole life and is now sleeping on friends' sofas ...

Any move to legalise assisted dying in Northern Ireland would have to be passed by politicians in the devolved Assembly at Stormont. In May, Jersey’s parliament voted in favour of drawing up laws to ...

Those wishing to submit evidence can do so by emailing [email protected] by January 16. The Record has ...

John Swinney was speaking to representatives from both public and private sector organisations at the Royal Society of ...